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I decided to pop in the 1997 Championship video and got to thinking... A movie about March 26th, 1997 (preferably marketed under that title) would not only rock for Wings fans, I think it could be the next great hockey movie if made with the same fervor as "Miracle". I don't believe i've ever seen a more entertaining hockey game in my life. Personally, I preferred the pre-lockout brand of NHL hockey. The battles, physical play, and refs who kept the whistles in their pockets made it much more convincing that only the best team won the game. Obviously, most of you probably know the intimate details of what preceded the game to make it what it was, so ill spare that. My rough draft includes... Important...Avalanche are the antagonist, duh. It would be great to have it be just an unbiased advertisement for that rivalry and time in hockey history but the Avs have too many bad guys to make that work. Opening Credits: A quiet video montage with intermittant quotes... Wings disappointments of the preceding few years, Lindros trade and the move of the Nordiques to Colorado, Wings 62 win season, Colorado getting Roy, etc...leading into the 96 WCF. Opening Scene Movie opens with the intermission and minutes of the period preceding the Claude Lemieux hit in the 1996 Western Conference Finals. During this scene we get glimpses of main characters in the movie (Bowman, Yzerman, McCarty, Maltby, Draper, Vernon, Larionov... Sakic, Forsberg, Foote, Roy, Lemieux, Ricci, Crawford) and a feel for the air in each teams locker room. Scene 2, The Shanahan Difference: Beginning of season. Talk between higher ups of the Wings about the Shanahan deal, why it was needed. Shows his arrival and Detroit locker room atmosphere. Scene 3: Avs raise banner, explores lockerroom atmosphere, get to know players/attitudes (especially towards Detroit. Empahasis on Roy, Lemieux, Crawford. Scene 4: One of the early season meetings of the teams with emphasis on the wings locker room struggles/coming together/animosity towards Colorado Scene 5: Midseason highlights slideshow with commentator clips. Scene 6: Week leading up to the 26th...anticipation from both teams, arrogance, jokes, etc. (all preceding scenes are less than 1/2 of movie time) Gametime: More than enough opportunity to make a great flick here. Actors (this is I think what got me started with this idea)... Scotty Bowman - Jason Alexander (Sounds insane, but he could look almost exactly like him and if he pulled it off would be one of the more impressive acting roles he could ever accomplish) Claude Lemieux - Jason Isaacs Mike Vernon - Emilio Estevez Mike Ricci - Himself (previosly played Elmer Lach in The Rocket) Mathieu Dandenault - Himself (also played in The Rocket) Marc Crawford - Himself (i bet he'd be a good actor) Adam Foote - Owen Wilson (i know, right? Wierd? It’s in the nose...would also be a big role for him if he pulled of the attitude right because its not his normal role) Joe Sakic - Harry Conick Jr. (I know, i know...google it tho). Probably not though, no idea for him. Peter Forsberg - If you know anyone else that looks like the offspring of a vampire and lion, let me know. Konstantinov - ?? (btw, Vlad was one of the oldest looking 27 year olds ever) Darren McCarty - Critical role and I am clueless Igor Larionov - Himself (a little hair color and he's 36 again...dude's to cool for anyone else to play him anyway) Brendan Shanahan - huge role, big voice in the movie, humor focal point along with Darren (ideally some young, funny, up and comer...no idea tho) Barry Smith - Paul Gleason Dave Lewis - Whoever normally plays Hitler in movies Real interested in who LGW can come up with!